The newest, updated Covid-19 vaccines are now FDA-approved and available, including the mRNA ones from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna and the recombinant one from Novavax.

The new COVID-19 vaccine is now available locally at chain pharmacies. Health care giant Kaiser has supplies, while community health clinics are expected to get their first doses by the end of this week.

The FDA says the latest vaccine formulae "closely targets currently circulating variants" to give better protection against serious COVID-19 impacts.

British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved — unlike other provinces that say they're following a federal directive to destroy existing doses.

The updated Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax vaccines are available now. Thanks to a new state initiative, the uninsured and underinsured will still have free access.

British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved, unlike other provinces that say they're following instructions from the Public Health Agency of Canada to remove and destroy existing doses.